Game Description: Epic's mega-hit franchise returns for a second round as Marcus Fenix and the rest of the COG forces continue to fight against the massive Locust horde occupying their planet of Sera. The game also ups the ante on the multiplayer side, upping the competitive modes to 5-on-5 and including a new cooperative "Horde" mode that pits players against 50 increasingly difficult waves of Locust enemies.

Gears of War 2 News

This Monday, X-Play's assault of new games and special events continues, as we finally get our hands on Gears of War 2, and see what Marcus Fenix is up against this time. There will be video, exclusives, and interviews, as we go deep inside the game and show you what it's all about.
Here's the official preview:
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Gears of War came with an achievement named "Seriously..." to get 10,000 kills in ranked multiplayer matches and most gamers never saw it unlocked. Gears of War 2 features an update to the achievement called "Seriously 2.0", which asks gamers to get 100,000 all-purpose kills.
These could be enemy kills in campaign, kills in...

In case you missed it, the New Yorker recently posted an article online profiling Cliff Bleszinski and his upcoming game, Gears of War 2. Go ahead and do your homework, Adam will make more sense if you're well versed in the subject matter.
Now that you took some time with a respected publication, listen to what Adam has to say about the subject....

Fanboys have sabotaged Metacritic with thousands of negative votes for Gears of War 2 and Resistance 2, two unreleased games that almost nobody has played. As a result, userscores for both are in the basement, and there’s a growing sense that the newly released LittleBigPlanet is being targeted as well.
Metacritic games editor Marc Doyle...

Here we go fellas... finally! Epic Games drops a launch trailer which signifies the "home stretch" to release. We would like to say it's been an honor waiting with you all and wish next Friday would get here sooner probably just as much if not a great deal more than you do.
15 years after Emergence Day the fight for survival continues...

Rev up your chainsaw bayonets and make room on your iPod (or your Gears of War 2 branded Zune player), because those excellent folks at Sumthing Else Music Works have announced November 25th as emergence day for the official Gears of War 2 soundtrack album.
So, between Gears of War 2 dropping next week, the life-size Lancer gun shipping at the...

In this latest (and final) Gears of War 2 developer documentary, Cliff Bleszinski and company highlight the fans that helped shape the franchise and what it takes to be considered a blockbuster.
Gears of War 2 makes its emergence day November 7th on the Xbox 360. After the cut be sure to check out the hauntingly beautiful "Last Day"...

In the video below, Marcus Fenix and the boys of Delta Squad take a minute for themselves to "stop and smell the roses" in this TV spot for Gears of War 2.
With humanity in one of its darkest hours, could this be the "last day" they see the surface? Gears of War 2 is a tactical third-person shooter from Epic Games...

Gears of War 2 Lead Designer Cliff Bleszinski stopped by X-Play to give us some random gems of pop-culture wisdom. First up, Michael Bay's Transformers, which longtime fans of the franchise believe was the wrong direction to take the series.
Does Cliff agree? Find out in the first edition of X-Play's Cliff Notes.
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Take a moment to pity our brothers and sisters in Germany and Japan--they probably won't be getting Gears of War 2.
“We can confirm that Gears of War 2 will not be available in Germany or Japan indefinitely," a Microsoft spokesperson told Edge-Online.
The reasons that the sequel won't come out in these nations isn't clear, but, at...

A man (formerly) working at Technicolor, a company that provides DVD and video game packaging, distribution, and production, has been caught with 100 copies of Gears of War 2 and Fable II along with several hundred DVD movies.
The perp was supposedly caught before any of the games could be sold or released to the black market, but he was only...

Epic Games, the Gears of War 2 developers, compare modern day video games to art and the how much goes into creating everything you see in the world of CoG and Locusts for the Xbox 360.
For a lot of the crew involved this third-person tactical-shooter, they consider this a project of a lifetime. Decide for yourself whether their blood, sweat...

Check out this amazing Gears of War 2 footage from last night's X-Play. We've got shots of every multiplayer mode in Epic's game, including the new hotness: Horde mode!
This third-person shooter drops in November for the 360.
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Looks like Epic Games's upcoming sequel will curb stomp the original title's record sales this holiday. Microsoft has announced that pre-orders for Gears of War 2 have surpassed the original title's numbers, gaining a huge amount of momentum to be one of the hottest selling titles this holiday season--but of course, you already knew that.
The...

Prepare to rev up that lancer once more and serve some Locust ass 'cause Epic Games's highly anticipated sequel, Gears of War 2, is now gold and now even a Brumak can't stop its November 7 debut. Here's a word from Mr. Bleszinski:
"After two years of pouring our heart and passion into Gears of War 2 the team is immensely happy with what...

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